The City of Claremont is preparing to unearth a 1983 time capsule on Wednesday, October 3rd at 5pm at City Hall. The capsule was buried near the City Hall flag pole.
A new capsule designed by Claremont Mayor Pro Tem Ellen Taylor's son Matthew Taylor (can you spell N-E-P-O-T-I-S-M?) will be sealed up and placed in the City Hall foyer as a bench. Apparently, this year's capsule is too nice to be buried, and we will not get into the respect exhibited by hundreds of people over the years sitting on the time capsule.
City Hall officials are taking ideas for things to put in the new capsule. Taking a cue from our city bird, the ostrich, here are the Insider's suggestions:
- The memory of the Irvin Landrum shooting.
- The memory of the Claremont 400's behavior in the City Council elections of 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007.
- The memory of the Claremont 400's support of former City Manager Glenn Southard and his staff.
- The real story of Paystubgate.
- The memory of the $17.5 million settlement for the Palmer Canyon fire.
- The memory of the Claremont Unified School District's misspent $48.5 million from the 2001 Measure Y bond.
- The memory of the extra $1 million the city was forced to come up with to pay for the Johnson's Pasture open space after city staff and the city council failed to catch the language in the deed that caused the state of California to pull it's $1 million grant offer.
- The ballots from the failed 2007 Parks and Pastures assessment district vote.
- Claremont historian Judy Wright's selective "history."
Have your own ideas about what should go in the new Matthew Taylor time capsule? Contact Claremont Centennial Celebration Committee member Sylvia Hernandez at (909) 399-5498 or email her at shernandez@ci.claremont.ca.us.
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